National Security

Wikileaks appears to have inadvertently disclosed on its Twitter account Thursday that the group had intended for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to remain in Russia since his departure from the United States – a declaration that disputes earlier claims

On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney spun wildly to avoid the evidence that the White House had manipulated the talking points of then-UN Ambassador Susan Rice regarding the Benghazi attacks of September 11, 2012.  That evidence showed that

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced at a joint press conference in Berlin Wednesday that the nations stand united against further Russian invasion into Ukrainian territory and that they fully expected unanimous cooperation among the

President Obama should warn the Palestinian Authority that their new pact with Hamas has put their foreign aid in danger of being revoked, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) urged in a new letter today. The Senators criticized

MOSCOW, May 1 (UPI) — Even though their country is preparing for military conflict and its economy is in recession, Russians, a survey released Thursday said, are the happiest they have been in 25 years. In its annual “Happiness Index,”

Australian Health Minister Peter Dutton declared in a speech on Thursday that his nation’s universal healthcare program is unsustainable at its current rates, and advocates are incensed at the possibility of the government slowly backing away from providing free health

The Chinese government is blaming suicide bombers tied to religious extremists for a bombing in the northwestern region of Xinjiang this week that killed three and injured dozens. The explosion followed a knife attack by a group of individuals at

On April 30th Ukrainian authorities confirmed a Russian military attaché had been detained “on suspicion of spying.” According to the BBC, “a spokesman for the Ukrainian foreign ministry” said the attaché had been “declared ‘persona non grata’” by authorities, and

May Day anti-government protests in Turkey were met with police, tear gas, and orders to disperse. According to the BBC, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters to “give up hopes” of gathering in Taksim Square to protest. However,

May Day was one of the most violent days in Donetsk, Ukraine, since Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted on February 22. Pro-Russian forces seized the prosecutor’s office Thursday, attacked the police, and burned Ukrainian flags. Pro-Russians have been seizing

“What was causing the protests in Cairo that the CIA mentions? The video.” That’s how Slate’s John Dickerson pushes back against the idea that the new White House emails on (sorry, Jay Carney) Benghazi, obtained via a FOIA request by

In Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s celebrated book on the Watergate scandal, All the President’s Men, the figure of Hugh Sloan, Jr. stands out. Sloan was a staffer for President Richard Nixon and an official on his re-election campaign. He

Nigeria’s Daily Trust reported Monday that “most of the 234 Borno schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity have been ferried abroad to Chad and Cameroon after they were married off to sect members on N2,000 bride price each.” Two thousand Nigeria

The ongoing civil war in South Sudan has resulted in the recruitment of 9,000 child soldiers on both sides of the conflict, the United Nations announced this week. In a special report on the war, UN officials warned that threats

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is dominated by the U.S., just approved a $17 billion loan for the Ukraine.   As the IMF’s largest participant with 17.69%, the United States will contribute over $3 billion. The first disbursement will be

Retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Lovell admitted during a House Oversight hearing Thursday that saving the Americans under attack in Benghazi might have been possible, but he added they would never know for sure. Lovell was in command of the

NEW YORK, New York–The Archdiocese of New York is planning a significant realignment that could result in the closing of “dozens” of parishes, according to new reports. The realignment is part of a broader plan that would expand the consolidation

Apparently, upward of ​100,000 Russians, many waving signs in support of President Vladimir Putin and the Russian annexation of Crimea, flooded Red Square today for the nation’s annual May Day parade. It was the first time since the fall of

North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency unleashed a torrent of wild accusations and even wilder grammatical errors at the United States this week, accusing President Obama of ‘indulging in luxury’ and crowning the nation a ‘kingdom of racial discrimination’ over

Masik Ryong is North Korea’s new ski resort in Wonsan. It is part of Kim Jong-un’s plan to make Wonsan “a tourist destination.” According to The Guardian,  the ski resort “seems fairly well built” and “very much like a Chinese/European

The happy news that J Street had been denied membership in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations was something of a surprise. Some liberal Jewish organizations that disagree with J Street vehemently on Israel, including the Anti-Defamation League,

J Street suffered a potentially mortal blow against its attempts to regain its shattered credibility as the Conference of Major Jewish Organizations overwhelmingly refused to extend membership to the organization on Wednesday. Of the 39 members voting, only 17 voted

Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) is drafting a bill that will “authorize the military and intelligence operatives to kill the terrorists” that attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. He plans to propose the bill on May 7.

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Uighur terrorist explosion in Chinese railway station kills three Syria’s al-Assad now freely uses chemical weapons with impunity Syria still hasn’t surrendered tons of chemical weapons Uighur terrorist explosion in Chinese railway station kills